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412      '               COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS*
dated damages will be deducted from the contract price for each and every day after said date that the Purchaser is unable to successfully operate his plant through the boilers not being ready to run, it being understood that the Contractor will not be delayed by the Purchaser.
payment.                Payments to be made as follows:   One quarter
cash on delivery of boilers at the power house of the Purchaser; one quarter upon the successful starting of the plant and the balance within 60 days from the date of successful starting, provided the boilers have been accepted by the Purchaser.
B. J. A.
a* General.          lyg. Specifications for Condensers
and Pumps. All the machinery furnished under these specifications will be delivered F. O. B., cars at the Power House of the Railroad Company in New Orleans, La., on or before the first day of June, 1895.
Proposals will be received on the following sized condensers :
Proposal No. /. On one Independent steam driven jet or surface condenser, which shall be capable of condensing the steam from 750 horse power of engines. Said engines to be compound and to receive steam at 125 pounds initial pressure on the high pressure cylinder, and consume 18 pounds of water per horse power per hour. The condenser to be capable of maintaining a vacuum of 27" for 18 hours continuously when working at the above capacity and receiving the circulating or injection water at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahr. with pumps running at a piston speed not exceeding sixty feet per minute.
Proposal No. 2, On three jet or surface condensers having a capacity of 250 horse power each, same design, conditions and guarantees as Proposition No. i.
Proposal No. 3. On one 500 horse power jet or surface condenser and one 250 horse power jet or surface condenser, same guarantees, conditions, etc., as Proposal No. i.
Proposal No. 4. On one jet or surface condenser having a capacity of 600 horse power. Same conditions and guarantees as Proposal No. i.
Proposal No. 5. On one jet or surface condenser having a capacity of 400 horse power